Table II.

Intergroup comparison of bone pain by quantifying shin tenderness in terms of visual analogue score between Group A (correction after surgery) and Group B (correction before surgery) across all follow-ups using Kruskal-Wallis test. Visual Analog Scale for severity of shin tenderness.

Follow-up duration	Visual Analog Scale for severity of shin tenderness
	Group A (na = 80)	Group B (nb = 80)	p-value
Pre-operative	7.06 ± 1.12	5.28 ± 1.32	<0.0001
2 weeks	6.85 ± 1.06	5.11 ± 1.26	<0.0001
4 weeks	5.19 ± 1.21	3.13 ± 1.42	<0.0001
6 weeks	3.68 ± 1.04	1.06 ± 0.96	<0.0001
12 weeks	0.35 ± 0.62	0.33 ± 0.5	0.597

Notes: All values presented as mean ± standard deviation (95% confidence interval). P-value <0.05 is considered significant (bold).